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Massachusetts recently announced that it will soon ban large businesses and institutions from sending food waste to the dump. Instead much of the waste food will be sent to anaerobic digesters and made into a type of gas that can run electric generators.
Massachusetts will ban large businesses and institutions from sending food waste to the landfill. Paul Sellew, CEO of Harvest Power, says this policy could contribute to the green energy revolution. He tells host, Steve Curwood, that the key to turning food waste to power is anaerobic digestion.